POMONA – Jurors began deliberations Wednesday in the case of two defendants accused of killing a 50-year-old Hacienda Heights man.

Jurors heard closing arguments Wednesday and deliberated for a short time before retiring for the night. The jury is deciding whether Juan Tovar, 19, and Anne Harrison, 24, are guilty of murder and gang allegations in the March2004 shooting of James Ramos, who was in front of his home fixing his car to drive to work.

The trial moved quickly, with all the evidence and witness testimony presented to the jury in two days.

Prosecutor Peter Bliss said the evidence solidly points to Tovar as the shooter and shows Harrison, the driver, pointed out the house and encouraged Tovar to shoot.

A witness who was in the car during the shooting testified Monday that Harrison told Tovar to shoot because she erroneously believed the Ramos home to be the home of a “snitch” on a gang member she was romantically involved with.

Bliss pointed to a secretly taped jail cell conversation in which Tovar told a fellow gang member the shooting was all Harrison’s idea.

“She set up Tovar to do this,” Bliss said. “She’s pulling the strings. … She’s pointing out the house of someone she believes is a snitch, in the presence of someone who’s a hard-core gang member with a shotgun.”

Tovar’s attorney, James Horan, placed the blame for the shooting on the witness who testified against Tovar, and said Tovar was falsely taking credit for the shooting in order to elevate his gang status.

Horan pointed to discrepancies between the witness’ testimony in court and his earlier statements to detectives.

“He can never tell the story remotely the same,” Horan said.

Harrison’s attorney, Anthony Kidd, argued Harrison did not aid or abet the crime, and questioned the witness’ credibility.

“(Tovar) tries to shift the blame from him to her because he knows they shot the wrong person,” he said. “It doesn’t make sense for Tovar to take orders from an associate.”

The jury will continue deliberations and possibly hand down a verdict Thursday.

An anonymous informant whose tip-off led to the arrests a year after the shooting will receive a $10,000 reward if the pair is convicted.